ALL meanings of anchor
an·chor
A a - countable noun anchor An anchor is a heavy hooked object that is dropped from a boat into the water at the end of a chain in order to make the boat stay in one place. 3
- verb anchor When a boat anchors or when you anchor it, its anchor is dropped into the water in order to make it stay in one place. 3
- verb anchor If you anchor an object somewhere, you fix it to something to prevent it moving from that place. 3
- countable noun anchor If one thing is the anchor for something else, it makes that thing stable and secure. 3
- verb anchor If something is anchored in something or to something, it has strong links with it. 3
- verb anchor The person who anchors a television or radio programme, especially a news programme, is the person who presents it and acts as a link between interviews and reports which come from other places or studios. 3
- countable noun anchor The anchor on a television or radio programme, especially a news programme, is the person who presents it. 3
- noun anchor any of several devices, usually of steel, attached to a vessel by a cable and dropped overboard so as to grip the bottom and restrict the vessel's movement 3
- noun anchor an object used to hold something else firmly in place 3
- noun anchor a source of stability or security 3
- noun anchor a metal cramp, bolt, or similar fitting, esp one used to make a connection to masonry 3
- noun anchor (as modifier) 3
- noun anchor the rear person in a tug-of-war team 3
- verb anchor to use an anchor to hold (a vessel) in one place 3
- verb anchor to fasten or be fastened securely; fix or become fixed firmly 3
- verb anchor to act as an anchorman on 3
- noun anchor a heavy object, usually a shaped iron weight with flukes, lowered by cable or chain to the bottom of a body of water to keep a vessel from drifting 3
- noun anchor any device that holds something else secure 3
- noun anchor anything that gives or seems to give stability or security 3
- noun anchor a person who anchors a team, newscast, etc. 3
- adjective anchor designating the final leg, or stage, of a relay race 3
- verb transitive anchor to keep from drifting, giving way, etc., by or as by an anchor 3
- verb transitive anchor to serve as the end person for (a tug-of-war team) 3
- verb transitive anchor to serve as the final contestant for (a relay team, bowling team, etc.) 3
- verb transitive anchor to serve as coordinator of the various reports and as chief reporter for (a newscast) 3
- intransitive verb anchor to lower the anchor overboard so as to keep from drifting 3
- intransitive verb anchor to be or become fixed 3
- abbreviation Definition of ANCHOR in Technology hypertext link 3
- noun anchor any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold. 1
- noun anchor any similar device for holding fast or checking motion: an anchor of stones. 1
- noun anchor any device for securing a suspension or cantilever bridge at either end. 1
- noun anchor any of various devices, as a metal tie, for binding one part of a structure to another. 1
- noun anchor a person or thing that can be relied on for support, stability, or security; mainstay: Hope was his only anchor. 1
- noun anchor Radio and Television. a person who is the main broadcaster on a program of news, sports, etc., and who usually also serves as coordinator of all participating broadcasters during the program; anchorman or anchorwoman; anchorperson. 1
- noun anchor Television. a program that attracts many viewers who are likely to stay tuned to the network for the programs that follow. 1
- noun anchor a well-known store, especially a department store, that attracts customers to the shopping center in which it is located. Also called anchor store. 1
- noun anchor Slang. automotive brakes. 1
- noun anchor Military. a key position in defense lines. 1
- noun anchor Also, anchorman. Sports. the person on a team, especially a relay team, who competes last. the person farthest to the rear on a tug-of-war team. 1
- verb with object anchor to hold fast by an anchor. 1
- verb with object anchor to fix or fasten; affix firmly: The button was anchored to the cloth with heavy thread. 1
- verb with object anchor to act or serve as an anchor for: He anchored the evening news. 1
- verb without object anchor to drop anchor; lie or ride at anchor: The ship anchored at dawn. 1
- verb without object anchor to keep hold or be firmly fixed: The insect anchored fast to its prey. 1
- verb without object anchor Sports, Radio and Television. to act or serve as an anchor. 1
- idioms anchor at anchor, held in place by an anchor: The luxury liner is at anchor in the harbor. 1
- idioms anchor drag anchor, (of a vessel) to move with a current or wind because an anchor has failed to hold. 1
- idioms anchor drop anchor, to anchor a vessel: They dropped anchor in a bay to escape the storm. 1
- idioms anchor weigh anchor, to raise the anchor: We will weigh anchor at dawn. 1
- noun Definition of anchor in Technology (hypertext) (Or "hyperlink", "button", formerly "span", "region", "extent") A pointer from within the content of one hypertext node (e.g. a web page) to another node. In HTML (the language used to write web pages), the source and destination of a link are known as "anchors". A source anchor may be a word, phrase, image or the whole node. A destination anchor may be a whole node or some position within the node. A hypertext browser displays source anchors in some distinctive way. When the user activates the link (e.g. by clicking on it with the mouse), the browser displays the destination anchor to which the link refers. Anchors should be recognisable at all times, not, for example, only when the mouse is over them. Originally links were always underlined but the modern preference is to use bold text. In HTML, anchors are created with
.. anchor elements. The opening "a" tag of a source anchor has an "href" (hypertext reference) attribute giving the destination in the form of a URL - usually a whole "page". E.g. Free On-line Dictionary of Computing Destination anchors can be used in HTML to name a position within a page using a "name" attribute. E.g. The name or "fragment identifier" is appended to the URL of the page after a "#": http://fairystory.com/goldilocks.html#chapter3 (2008-12-10) 1